ABC WNT(re: the BLACKOUT) First Energy of Ohio and ties to W&Co.

[underpants]

Just on ABC WNT (Sorry mods no link yet )

-Union officials have accused the company of skimping on maintenance, specifically on power lines.

-First Energy was sued by their stock holders just last week of cooking the books and not reporting to them accurately (we will see how the investigative report on ABC puts it).

-The former CEO was on W's "energy transition team" between the election and inauguration.

Here's the whammy

-First Energy hosted a political fundraiser that VP Dick Cheney spoke at which raised $600,000 for W's re-election campaign.

IF thisgets locked I will start another thread on it when there is a link.

[Flubadubya]

1. Saw that...

just made my day. Oh Buddha, please let many more fingers point at the moon. :-)

[proud patriot]

2. Thanks for the heads up

I'll catch it when it airs on the west coast

[underpants]

3. They have been leading off with the Brian Ross reports of late

of course the field for investigative reporting is rich when balck is white, war is peace, and trees cause forrest fires.

[kainah]

4. not a great surprise

last week, when the company name first surfaced, I did a google news search and immediately kicked up stuff about the stockholders' lawsuit and some other not very flattering coverage.

But, you know, the lights are on again. Don't you think it's time to get over it and start looking forward??? </sarcasm>

[underpants]

6. Well I'd bet they are looking forward to November of 2004

and the rush to the money till that an actual upgrade of the electrical infrustructure with these yahoos in charge would mean.

[NYC]

11. Thanks for posting that.

Apparently, that news is not getting around. (I missed the ABC television news because I was on the telephone telling a friend about the law suit.)

[0007]

12. Now I know why they made ya boss!!

Let's go and get some coffee and talk about the Lacci Peterson thingy, 'eh?

[Palacsinta]

5. Shocking!!!

Not! and the SLIMEY electric eel at the center.........Dick Cheney............AGAIN!!!

[underpants]

8. I forgot to mention the bowling ball size hole NRC safety inspectors found

in on of their nuclear reactors. Containment housing or something like that.

Sleep well.

[htuttle]

13. Davis-Besse reactor

Davis-Besse: The Reactor with a Hole in its Head
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/nuclear_safety/page.cfm?pageID=790

[Panda1]

7. Tony Alexander

http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/aplayers2.asp
The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan
Players, Profits and Paybacks.

Tony Alexander
President
First Energy Corp. Electricity/Nuclear power/Oil & gas

First Energy is nation's 10th-largest investor-owned electric utility, and owns fossil and nuclear power plants; the company also produces and sells oil and gas; a Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the George W. Bush presidential campaign)
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[underpants]

10. I'm so glad that we have responsible citizens like this

willing to donate their time and the money of their friends toward those who serve in public service................... uh huh.

[NYC]

9. Good. It belongs on network television.

I hope everyone is paying attention.

[cmd]

14. Here's your link

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/US/power030818_firstenergy.html

[Rebellious Republican]

15. Does anyone remember a post about "Our Billy" .....

Someone posted an email they recieved from [e-mail]. It was slamming the Big Dawg. Notice the address of the sender!

[knowledgeispower]

16. ABC has been impressing me of late

Of course, this is in comparison to the other news networks, which completely suck. So I guess it is a bit like saying ABC is the best of the bad, but in today's media that will have to pass as a compliment.

Anyway, I am about to start another thread regarding ABC's plans for 9/11 this year. Here is an excerpt from an article from MSN Entertainment:

ABC said on Monday that all of its regularly scheduled news programs that week will examine the question of whether or not Americans are safer than before Sept. 11, 2001.

The network will assess the level of damage done to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, whether the money used to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks was well-spent and the balance between civil liberties and domestic security.


Now assuming they do a realistic assessment, I expect these news reports to be pretty damaging to Bush Co.


On edit: here is a link to above story: http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=130999